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زبان کیریباتیایی
Sign in to saveAlso known as Taetae ni Kiribati, Kiribati, Kiribatese, I-Kiribati, gil, Gilbertese language
language from the Austronesian family
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Gilbertese is a language spoken in the Pacific island nation of Kiribati, part of the larger Austronesian language family that spans across the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It matters because it represents an important part of the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Gilbertese people, though like many indigenous languages, it faces challenges from the spread of English and other dominant languages.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- modern language
- Subclass of
- Micronesian
- Country
- Kiribati
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- writing system
- Latin script
- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 116280
- linguistic typology
- fusional language
- topic's main category
- Category:Gilbertese language
- indigenous to
- Kiribati
- Wikimedia language code
- gil
- P10369
- Malta
- native label
- Taetae ni Kiribati
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